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These are the finalists of 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, and they’re hilarious

April 2, 2019 by humorouz Leave a Comment

There are plenty of great wildlife photographers who take awe-inspiring and interesting shots. But when these animals do funny things and take silly poses: it adds a whole new level to wildlife photography.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards is centered on the photos of animals that are sure to improve your day. The finalists of the 2018 contest have just been announced, and these will definitely brighten up your mood.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards were founded by Tanzania-based wildlife photographers and enthusiasts Tom Sullam and Paul Joynson-Hicks. And although it revolves around funny photos, the cause of the contest is a more serious matter Its primary focus is the importance of conserving our planet’s beautiful wildlife. But it lets us enjoy the hilarious and heart-warming photos at the same time, too.

The founders of the contest will decide on the winners of each category, along with eight other judges. All of the photos are judged on their content and quality, but also on the humor, of course.

The overall winner will be named the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He or she will win a handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a one-week safari with Alex Walker’s Serian. In addition to these, this year’s competition includes another award. Affinity Photo has decided to give one lucky winner a brand new iPad, and you can vote for your favorite image via this link. But I warn you – not an easy choice is ahead of you!

Finally, if you just can’t get enough of these silly animals and you like books, you will soon be able to get a copy of Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullan’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Vol. 2 It will be published in hardback on 4 October 2018, and you can get it for £9.99.

And now I leave you to enjoy more of these goofy wildlife photos. And I dare you not to smile!

Tony Hawk Keeps Tweeting When People Don’t Recognize Him And It’s Freaking Hilarious

April 1, 2019 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Let’s go over something real quick: This is what pro skateboarder Tony Hawk looks like.

I’m telling you this because SOME OF YOU apparently have a hard time recognizing Tony Hawk in the flesh. But the good news is, he has a sense of humor about it — and he’s been documenting every one of your awkward encounters on Twitter.

When people meet Tony Hawk, they seem to realize that he’s…somebody:

But they just aren’t quite sure who that somebody is:

A whole lot of the exchanges take place at airports:

And on airplanes, too:

Some people are downright rude to poor, sweet Tony Hawk:

While others inadvertently compliment him:

This lady knew he was famous, but couldn’t figure out what he did for a living:

And ALL of these people are better than this guy, who actually did recognize Tony Hawk and still found a way to be rude about it:

Look, a little confusion is understandable! Most people aren’t expecting to run into Tony Hawk IRL — including this flight attendant:

But at the end of the day, we should all strive to be more like this guy:

So one more time for the people in the back: This is Tony Hawk’s face. Stare at it, study it, imprint it in your brain!

Please be nice to him if you see him around.

5 Hilarious 2017 Twitter Moments You Might’ve Missed

April 1, 2019 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Twitter is a yawning gyre of GIFs, random maniacs screaming into the endless void in search of a meager morsel of meaning, and dog photos. And with a gazillion tweets being posted every second, it can be hard to sift out the gems from the dirt. So in case you’ve missed them, here some of the most delightful Twitter moments of 2017.

Japanese Twitter Was Consumed By A Conspiracy Theory About A Plastic Duck

Conspiracy theories concerning doctored footage are as old as the sound stage they filmed the moon landing on. And now, because of the internet, people are more eager than ever to call everything “fake news.” So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that this led to the moment when the internet launched the equivalent of the Warren Commission for a Tweet about a toy that was out in the sun too long.

Over the summer, Japan suffered a major heatwave, which led to the tragic demise of one Mr. Plastic Duck. If the photos provided by its owner, @shiohitoshi, are to be believed, the duck was reduced to a puddle of googly-eyed, lime-flavored jetsam in a matter of hours.

shiohitoshi/TwitterThe perfect representation of 2017, quite frankly.

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The argument raged for so long that rival factions emerged: “melters” and “truthers.” Each side started presenting their own detailed proof, including artistic sketches and CGI simulations of the car’s dashboard. To reiterate, this is a plastic duck we’re talking about. Who knew the internet could invent an even dumber conspiracy theory involving melting than the steel beams in the World Trade Center.

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In the end, it was settled that the car hadn’t changed and that any differences were just the result of perspective — something the internet has a habit of lacking.

Stock Image Stories Are The World’s Newest, Best Art Form

What started out as an innocent exercise in helping people illustrate stories or sell products have metastasized into a bizarre art project aimed at capturing every single possible combination of human behavior with any actors and props at hand. And sometimes, that leads to series of stock photos telling some dark and disturbing tales.

Take this one, for instance. It starts off with a muscular pool boy proposing to what seems to be a wheelchair-bound widow. It’s lovely, right? It ends with her drowning in a pool.

Rob Dobi/TwitterAnother set is him peeing in the pool five minutes earlier.

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Or there’s this short story of a guy robbing a pharmacy, only to be stopped by the world’s most on-edge pharmacist waving around a shotgun. Having failed, the criminal then decides to turn lemons into lemonade by at least getting his prescriptions refilled while he’s there.

Rebecca Hendin/Twitter“NO REFILLS WITHOUT A NOTE!”

Did you like Se7en? Would you have liked it better if Brad Pitt’s part was played by a toddler? Well, stock photography has you covered! In three frames, we see a gun-wielding preschooler descend into maddened grief, but his innocence isn’t the only thing that’s dying today.

Tirovic/Twitter“WHAT’S IN THE SANDBOX?”

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It turns out that there’s even an extended storyline for that “guy checks out girl on the street as his girlfriend looks at him angrily” meme that made you quit social media for two weeks. In it, that poor girlfriend has to continually have her heart broken again and again by her sleazeball boyfriend, only to wind up dumping him and then becoming the very thing that she hated. The cycle of lust gives no quarter.

AntonioGuillem/iStockWe’re surprised that a studio hasn’t optioned the pictures yet.

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A Computer Wrote Episodes Of Seinfeld

It’s fair to say that computers are getting smarter with every passing day. Case in point: Many autocorrects now seem to they know what we’ll say in any given conversation, give or take an accidentally insane bit of rambling. So in an effort to see whether the machines could match the musings of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, a group of comedy writers fed Seinfeld scripts into several predictive text keyboards (one for each of the main characters, along with one for stage directions) and let ‘er rip. Surprisingly, the result was a pretty faithful reproduction of Seinfeld, albeit written by someone in the grip of a crippling mescaline and tequila addiction.

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As The AV Club notes, it hits a lot of the same notes as the original show did. You can easily imagine Kramer bursting into the apartment dancing with a garbage bag, George calling himself the “captain of hygiene,” or Jerry killing it on stage with his timeless bon mot “What’s the deal with this ping pong guy?”

The Babadook Became An Accidental LGBTQ Icon

For many, 2017 was a dark, scary time in their lives. The world once again seemed like it is filled with hate and small-mindedness, as we saw many of the monsters of old creep back into our view. So what better way than to fight the darkness than by taking two of the scariest movie monster ever to slither on our screens and make them positive, loving role models of the LBGTQ community?

In 2014, the world was introduced to the horror of the Babadook, a vicious monster that lives for attention, killing, and psychologically scarring anyone who refuses to believe in him. After noticing that Netflix had accidentally placed the film in its “LGBT Movies” category, the type 2 free thinkers of Tumblr ironically rehabilitated him as a figurehead for the LGBTQ community, complete with his own catchphrase.

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But that wasn’t enough for the internet, not by a long shot. So when the remake of the horror classic IT came along, Twitter was ready to take the meme to reach its final form. And so the internet thrust the Babadook into a fulfilling relationship with Pennywise the Clown, a pairing referred to by some as “PennyDook,” a terrible name that will eventually become the terrible title of a movie we’ll go watch on day one.

Kumi‏/TwitterTale as old as time, Song as old as rhyme, Babadook/Penny

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A Page From Hillary Clinton’s Book Sent Twitter Spiraling

One of the major criticisms of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election was that she was just wasn’t relatable enough. America simply wasn’t ready for the first president who wouldn’t be able to pass the Voight-Kampff Test.

PBSPersonally, we blame the uncanny valley.

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Being rejected on a perceived lack of humanity must be very painful (unless you’re a robot, naturally), and was an important element of Clinton’s introspective memoir What Happened, a scintillating postmortem of a failed election in which the culprit was identified as every other human being to have ever existed except herself. The book also details many of the tough choices Clinton had to make throughout the campaign, doing things she often considered pandering just to get more votes. For instance, take that time she was campaigning in Oklahoma, a deep red state. In a desperate attempt to appeal to local voters, Clinton remembers sacrificing a bit of dignity by dressing up as a cowboy, firing two revolvers into the air, and, as we all remember, executing a cattle rustler right there on the stage.

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It’s that this point we should clarify that this didn’t happen. The above page was nothing but a bit of surrealist madness from “Milkshake Duck”-termer and Very Funny Twitter Account @pixelatedboat. But you were convinced for a second, weren’t you? Admit it.

Barely a day later, Twitter was being flooded with “Is this real?” replies which Boat posted, probably while pinching the bridge of his nose for several seconds. Certainly, the dumber parts of the internet were more than willing to believe Clinton had added another innocent life to her quite impressive body count.

What is the internet good for if not making scary things less scary? Like with Pennywise plush dolls, for example.

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Must-Know Tips For A Dazzling White Smile (4) – Health Womens

April 1, 2019 by humorouz Leave a Comment

Must-Know Tips For A Dazzling White Smile

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You will not accept anything but the best when it comes to tips about teeth whitening. You want to make sure that you are going about it in a safe and effective manner. Read this article if you want to know the best advice on how to keep your teeth white.

To whiten your teeth on the go, try whitening strips. Available from many manufacturers in all price ranges, they really are one of the handiest ways of whitening your teeth while on the run. Apply the strips and wear while on your commute to work or out running errands with the kids and you’ll have white teeth without a lot of effort.

Electric toothbrushes are really going to help you win the battle against yellow teeth. The pulsating brushes will eliminate your plaque more effectively than a traditional brush will and that will keep your teeth looking whiter. This will also help you fight gingivitis and cavities better than the traditional brush will.

Rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide before you brush your teeth. This is a natural remedy that is cheap and works well. It will help whiten your teeth and it isn’t as harsh as other whitening methods. Be careful not to swallow it because it will make you sick and possibly vomit.

Beverages that contain acid or carbonation are best drunk with a straw to help keep your teeth white. By using a straw you can divert the beverages past the teeth and prevent some of the staining potential. Try not to fill your mouth with beverage when drinking as this will defeat the purpose of the straw.

Make a strawberry paste for white teeth. You can do this by mashing the strawberries up and applying the paste to your teeth using a brush. Leave this paste on your teeth for no longer than 10 minutes. Because of the acid in strawberries, using it for too long can irritate your gums.

Stop any tooth whitening technique immediately if you notice your teeth becoming more sensitive or if they begin to develop spots or stains. Most teeth whitening remedies do not harm the teeth, but there is always a possibility the enamel may become damaged. Increasing sensitivity or discoloration is an early indicator of damage and should warn you to stop any whitening technique.

One important teeth whitening tip is to make sure that you never use bleach on your teeth. While this definitely is a whitening agent, the harsh chemical will destroy the enamel that your teeth are made of, as well as possibly poison you. Handle bleach with care and use properly at all times.

When going with home whitening kits, make sure that they have the proper concentration of peroxide to remove stains on your teeth. Generally you want to look for concentrations of at least 10 percent peroxide. Any higher can be destructive to your enamel and any lower may not be strong enough to make a difference.

In conclusion, you want the absolute best advice available for teeth whitening and you have found the right place to obtain it. Ideally you will be able to use the tips in this article for your own benefit and also be able to share it with other people who need it.

Hilarious Questions Asked At IAS Exam

March 31, 2019 by humorouz Leave a Comment

IAS is one of the toughest exams to crack. People who have studied for it, or better still, cleared it, would tell you how competitive it can get, and how tough the whole process of getting through really is.

It’s nothing like giving the boards where you mug up everything and vomit it out on a paper. You actually need to an incredibly smart person here. Once you have cleared the written examination, you are called in for an interview session, so only the very best of the best make the cut.

We found 19 really quirky questions (and answers) that were asked in the two stages of the examination process. These questions don’t check how well you know the subject, but how knowledgeable you really are, and how witty you can get. Check them out, see if you can solve them without checking out the answers (given at the end of the article).

Q1: How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Q2: What looks like half apple?

Q3: What will you do if I run away with your sister?

Q4: ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30
This is what you have for the equation. The following are the numbers that you can use to fill in the brackets: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. You can repeat the numbers if required. The resulting sum should be 30.

Q5: Jamie looked at his reflection on the window mirror of the 45th floor. Driven by an irrational impulse, he made a leap through the window on the other side. Yet Jamie did not encounter even a single bruise. How can this be possible if he neither landed on a soft surface nor used a parachute?

Q6: By using only one straight line, can you make the equation correct. 5+5+5=550?

Q7: A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Q8: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

Q9: This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

Q10: What if one morning you woke up and found that you were pregnant?

Q11: Twins (Adarsh and Anupam) were born in May but their birthday is in June. How’s this possible?

Q12: The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?

Q13: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, then what is four and five?

Q14: A cat had three kittens: January, March and May. What was the mother’s name.

Q15: James bond was pushed out of an airplane without any parachute. He survived. How?

Q16: If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

Q17: How can a man go eight days without sleep?

Q18: Bay of Bengal is in which state?

Q19: Where would Lord Rama have celebrated his “First Diwali”?

Winning isn’t the point, participation is the key. Tally your answer with these, see if you’re IAS material or not.

A1- Concrete floors are very hard to crack!

A3- The candidate who was selected answered, “I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir.”

A4- There is no mention if you can use sign or not and thus the only possible way to get this is as follows: (15 – 9) + (13 – 7) + (7 – 1) + (9 – 1) + (13 – 9). If you solve inside the brackets, you will get the following equation 6 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 4. Adding all these numbers will give you 30.

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A5- Jamie is a window cleaner who was tired after cleaning the windows on the 45th floor and thus leaped inside the building.

A6- Draw a tilted line on 1st plus (+) operator, + will become 4. The equation then becomes true: 545+5=550.

A7- The third room. Lions that haven’t eaten in three years are dead. Easy one, right?

A8- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

A9- The letter ‘e’, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.

A10- Girl -“I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.”

A11- May is the name of the town.

A12- The peahen lays eggs.

A14- What. It stated ‘WHAT’ was the mother’s name.

A15- The plane was on the runway.

A16- No time at all it is already built.

A19- People will start thinking of Ayodhya, Mithila (Janak’s place), Lanka etc. But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar. So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated Diwali at all!